{"product_id":"9780008394394","title":"Storm’s Edge : Life, Death and Magic in the Islands of Orkney","description":"Author(s): Marshall, Peter, \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003eDate of Publication: 11\/04\/2024, \u003cbr\u003ePagination: 560 pages, \u003cbr\u003eSeries: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: William Collins, \u003cbr\u003e Published By: HarperCollins Publishers, \u003cbr\u003eBook Classification: Orkney Islands\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 242 x 161 x 48mm\u003cbr\u003eWeight: 844g\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780008394394\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A surprising page-turner, full of humour and startling details' THE TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'If I read a better history this year, I will be lucky' TOM HOLLAND\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'An astonishing tour de force’ SPECTATOR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  From Peter Marshall, winner of the Wolfson Prize 2018, Storm’s Edge is a new history of the Orkney Islands that delves deep into island politics, folk beliefs and community memory on the geographical edge of Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Peter Marshall was born in Orkney. His ancestors were farmers and farm labourers on the northern island of Sanday – where, in 1624, one of them was murdered by a witch. In an expansive and enthralling historical account, Marshall looks afresh at a small group of islands that has been treated as a mere footnote, remote and peripheral, and in doing so invites us to think differently about key events of British history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e With Orkney as our point of departure, Marshall traverses three dramatic centuries of religious, political and economic upheaval: a time when what we think of as modern Scotland, and then modern Britain, was being forged and tested.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Storm's Edge is a magisterial history, a fascinating cultural study and a mighty attestation to the importance of placing the periphery at the centre. Britain is a nation composed of many different islands, but too often we focus on just one. This book offers a radical alternative, encouraging us to reorient the map and travel with Peter Marshall through landscapes of forgotten history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45752196694253,"sku":"9780008394394","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/files\/9780008394394_a5d9164c-22cb-4d7a-9186-83e081642e91.jpg?v=1724787073","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780008394394","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}